The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivionremains beloved by fans to this very day. However, no game is ever perfect. Whether it’sdue to frustrating bugsor broken quests, every title has its share of problems. Furthermore,Oblivionhas been showing its age now for quite some time.
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How does one go about fixing these problems? Mods. And there just so happens to be thousands of them forOblivion. In addition to fixing bugs or making the graphics look better, there also exists plenty of mods that add brand new content to the experience. Some of these examples may just be interesting enough to entice a player to reinstall this classic blast-from-the-past.
10Oblivion Character Overhaul
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivionis a great game. Nevertheless, there’s not getting around the fact that graphics-wise, it looks pretty bad by now. In particular, the NPCs look atrocious, with their dead eyes and barely moving faces.
EnterOblivion Character Overhaul. This mod, literally, gives every character a much-needed facelift. NPCs appear less like talking potatoes and more like something a player might find inThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The level of detail is nothing short of beautiful. Talking to people can once again become an enjoyable experience.
9Maskar’s Oblivion Overhaul
OnceOblivionlooks better it’s time to start improving the gameplay itself.Maskar’s Oblivion Overhaulis a fantastic all-in-one mod that adds a plethora of new features, fixes, and content. Among other things, it helps make Cyrodiil feel more like a living, breathing world.
Some of its features include better combat AI, a crafting system, notice boards, animal taming, and new enemies. Interestingly, no game files need to be replaced when installing this mod, although the Oblivion Script Extender will still be needed. Check out the mod’s readme file for a complete list of its colossal amount of features.
8Vanilla Combat Enhanced
Don’t expect aDark Soulslevel of complexity when it comes to combat in anElder Scrollsgame. The combat mechanics inOblivionweren’t exactly groundbreaking when the game first released and has aged even more poorly since then.
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Vanilla Combat Enhanceddoes exactly what its name suggests. It makes the combat more intuitive without changing it into something completely different.Oblivionwill still feel like anElder Scrollsgame, but with a more challenging twist. For example, enemies are no longer gluttons for punishment, but will be smarter and often deadlier if the player isn’t careful.
7Knights Of The Nine Revelation
Certain modding teams undoubtedly possess tremendous talent. Open-world titles likeOblivionoften receive modded story content. In some cases, these add-on adventures inject a startling amount of content to a game. One may even mistake a few of them for an official DLC pack.
Knights of the Nine Revelationis a perfect example. Taking its cue from the popularKnights of the NineDLC the mod adds a massive amount of new material. It adds new items, quests, followers, fully-voiced NPCs, and much more. If some players were unwilling to lay down their Divine Crusader gear, then this is the mod for them.
6Oblivion Uncut
Thegames inThe Elder Scrollsseries are massive. Hundreds of hours of content is packed together to form the whole experience. Inevitably, there’s always bits of material that get left on the cutting room floor. Some of it may never see the light of day, but some mods manage to resurrect this lost material to its intended glory.
Oblivion, unsurprisingly, has its fair share of cut content. That’s whereOblivion Uncutcomes to the rescue. It restores bits and pieces of content that, for some reason or another, wasn’t included in the final product. New NPCs, quests, locations, shops, and dialogue are restored thanks to this little gem of a mod.
5Dark Brotherhood Chronicles
Dark Brotherhood Chroniclesis yet another DLC-sized mod. This one adds new content for the Dark Brotherhood, one of the vanilla game’s most popular guilds. For the player, their Listener’s bloody rise to power doesn’t end with the execution of Mathieu Bellamont. More intrigue and assassinations await…
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The mod aims to give the player more choices when deciding how to complete its quests. The freedom to roleplay is given a much higher priority in this mod. It’s a great piece of unique content thatfans of the Dark Brotherhoodwill love sinking their blades into.
4Better Dungeons
There’s quite a bit of exploring inOblivion. Dark caves and dank dungeons often serve as frequent points of interest to the player. After a few hours, veteran spelunkers will start to realize something. Most dungeons inOblivionlack uniqueness. Maps are frequently recycled or rearranged with not a whole lot to distinguish them from each other.
Better Dungeonsattempts to solve that problem. Caves and dungeons now contain little “stories"to them,much in the vein ofSkyrim, that make each one more unique. Some locations even contain new treasures to find and puzzles that go with them. Definitely a must-have modwhen starting a new playthrough.
3Better Cities
It’s one thing to improveOblivion’s dungeons, but what about its cities? It’s important to remember that the word “city” is used rather loosely regardingOblivion. The areas are quite small and never contain a very sizeable population. This is due, of course, to the limits of technology at the time.
Mods likeBetter Citiesseek to improve upon those shortcomings. Make no mistake, Better Cities is a mammoth mod, ambitious in its scope. Every city in Cyrodiil is given a logical redesign in a very lore-friendly manner.Additional NPCsalso populate these locations, making everything feel more alive.
2Guild Advancement
For roleplaying purists, this is a must-have mod. It serves to add a dose of logic and realism to the vanilla guild questlines. Case in point, some players may find it jarring that a pure warrior, with very little magical knowledge, can effectively become the Arch-Mage.Guild Advancementputs a stop to that nonsense.
Actual effort is now required to be put into the requisite skills to advance. The mod adds a new progression system that makes the player feel like they are achievingactualprogress. New quests are included to give players more opportunities to hone their skills before being promoted to the next rank.
1Mysterious Bear’s Epic Necromancy
Speaking of roleplaying, some players may enjoy living the life of a necromancer. If that’s the case, however, thevanilla magic system inOblivionleaves a lot to be desired. Fortunately,Mysterious Bear’s Epic Necromancycan make a roleplayer’s dream a reality.
The mod adds a new skill to the game: necromancy. Improving the skill won’t make the player particularly popular around Cyrodiil. Bodies can be harvested, graves can be robbed, and unholy altars can be prayed upon. Undead minions can now be summoned and commanded at will. Playing an evil sorcerer never felt so good.
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